News Warner Music Italy acquires catalog of indie label Asian Fake from parent House of Music Founded in 2017, Asian Fake built its roster around Italy's urban and indie-pop scene.
News UMG spends $290m buying back stock from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square, amid fund’s exit from music company UMG repurchased 14,156,285 of its ordinary shares at €17.66 each after its board recently rejected a takeover proposal from Ackman and Pershing Square.
News Seeker Music acquires the publishing catalog of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde The deal covers Raymonde's body of work as a member of the Scottish band, including his co-writes on the 1990 album Heaven or Las Vegas.
News Grammy-winner Youssou N’Dour named Vice President of CISAC as global rights org marks 100 years N'Dour succeeds outgoing Vice Presidents Yvonne Chaka Chaka, a South African singer and songwriter, and Arturo Márquez, a Mexican composer.
News After Suno, Udio asks court to seal the size of its AI training data in Sony Music’s copyright case, also citing ‘competitive harm’ Udio argues that competitors could use the figure to build rival products faster and more cheaply.
News Garth Brooks seeking up to $2bn for his music catalog (report) The WSJ reports that the artist believes the value of his music rights could fall 'anywhere from the high $1 billion range to more than $2 billion.'
News SoundExchange and IFPI introduce automatic ISRC assignment for individual recordings The new system is designed to reduce administrative steps for small labels and self-releasing artists that do not own and manage large catalogs.
News GoDigital Music launches Nashville country imprint Orinda under General Manager Cooper Lycan Orinda signs Nic D as its first artist
News Amazon Music goes standalone in India with $1 Unlimited tier for Prime members – as they lose ad-free listening Amazon Music Unlimited offers ad-free, on-demand access to more than 100 million songs, along with podcasts.
News Suno moves to keep size of its AI training data sealed in UMG and Sony’s copyright case, citing ‘competitive harm’ Suno CTO Georg Kucsko argued that if rivals obtain access to Suno's model, this could allow them to benchmark their own systems against that of Suno.
News Anthropic confidentially files for IPO – days after $65B raise pushed AI firm’s valuation to $965B Anthropic said the proposed IPO will depend on market conditions and other factors.
News Apple Music code spotted in Android app beta hints at new subscription tiers with Spotify-style skip limits (report) The code strings were discovered in the beta version of the Apple Music app for Android by tech analyst Aaron Perris.
News Emma Robinson upped to VP, Partnerships at Merlin amid series of senior promotions Merlin has also promoted four additional members of its Partnerships team: Shannon Bradley, Alice Moss, Daniele Yandel, and Simon Marcel.
News Nelly awarded over $67K to be paid by lawyer who filed ex-bandmate’s Country Grammar copyright suit The ruling ordered the fees to be paid not by the plaintiff – but by the plaintiff's attorney, Precious Felder.
News M.I.A. sues Kid Cudi for $2.8M after being fired from Rebel Ragers Tour The lawsuit alleges that Kid Cudi "instructed Live Nation to breach the Agreement to generate publicity and ticket sales for the Tour."